Abstract
We have investigated the magnetic and transport properties of the Gd-doped layered manganite (La0.8Gd0.2)1.4 Sr1.6Mn2O7. The Gd-doped compound shows the nonmetallic spin-glass-like state below 30 K, driven by competing interaction between the antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic states. Furthermore, this compound exhibits various relaxorlike phenomena such as the diffuse phase transition and magnetic-field annealing and aging effects, which appears to be caused by the local lattice distortion originating from the random distribution of small Gd3+ ion.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 024404 |
| Pages (from-to) | 244041-244046 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2002 |